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Letters Patent No. 80,734, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELT-PUNGEES..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYVCONCERN:

Be it known that I, EBEN HESTER, of Suield, infthe county of Hertford,and Stute of Connecticut, have invented a. new and usefulrmprovement inBelt-Tools; and I do hereby declare' that lthe following is fnl1,.olear,and eziactdescription.thereof, which will enable othersskilled in theart to make -and use the same, :reference being had tovthe.a.ccornpanying drawings, forming part of this specification,iniwhich- Figure 1 is a. side view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a. cross-section ofthe sume, throughthe line m :cof fig. 1.

Similar letters of referencel indicate like parts.4 I g l The object ofthis Ainvention is to furnish a. convenient tool for tting belts formachinery.

It consists of a. square shank, B, set in a handle, A, and bearing twopunches, b and ol, for cutting holes in l the belt, and two punches, eandf, having hollow or concave points for heading rivets. Y

It is alsoprovided with a. flat lacing-awl, a, haring an eye, g, forcarrying the leather lacing-strip.

The awl and the ,punches are detachable,'if desired, but the tool isintended to`be used as it is shown, the shank beingturned to present theproper punch required, the nt head of which is struck uponby a hammer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A belt-tool, constructed substantiallyes and for thepurposes described.

EBEN BESTER.

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DAVID HALE, ELLA C. Ponnor. Y

